Iain Barton appointed executive vice president
Imperial Logistics has appointed Iain Barton to the newly-created position of executive vice president healthcare. Barton, who is currently Imperial Logistics’ healthcare strategy executive based in Cape Town (South Africa), is the latest addition to the recently introduced global sales structure, headed by Imperial Logistics’ international CCO, Sandro Knecht.
In his new role, Barton will identify and exploit healthcare opportunities within Imperial Logistics’ existing geographic structure and in new markets.
Barton co-founded pharmaceutical supply chain specialist PHD, becoming its CEO. He then served as CEO of the RTT Group, orchestrating its unbundling in 2012, when its RTT medical business was acquired by Imperial Logistics to form Imperial Health Sciences. (mw)